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SBTi seeks feedback on Corporate Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions, neutralisation and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) activities, data quality and assurance, and substantiation of claims. Until the standard is finalised, SBTi asks entities to set near-term or net zero targets ...

Consultancies jump on skills gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... in addition to its safety services. UL Solutions has been lauded for its strong technical expertise in environmental assurance - particularly in the manufacturing sector, where clients have complex supply chains. Mandatory sustainability reporting for ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure regime over the next five years. The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) has set sweeping new requirements to take effect from January 2025. Two new standards came into force ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Foundation for Ethics and Audit (IFEA) handed down the mandates via its independent arms: the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The interoperable standards ...

Analyst Moves: Franklin Templeton, JANA, Bain, MLC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... equity team. Before joining Aware Super, she was an executive at Macquarie Group. Previously, she held a senior corporate assurance role at KPMG and a transaction services position at Grant Thornton's Shanghai office. Finally, Amy Larkin has started ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Asam, CFO and member of the executive board of SAP SE. "Only by moving from averages to actuals - audited at reasonable assurance - can freeriding and greenwashing be avoided, thereby protecting such valuable investment and our planet." The tool aligns ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... across the entities that are required to do it in your Groups 1, 2 and 3, and also the potential phasing in of your assurance will help, but I think there has to be a change in mindset, especially from the assurance practitioner, to get their head around ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... teams service a vast array of organisations navigate, measure and quantify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to an assurance ready standard," said Nicholas Guest, assurance and advisory partner at HLB Mann Judd Sydney. Richmond said the cost of carbon ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... pronounce S1 as a voluntary standard and S2 as a mandatory standard. Meanwhile, the Australian Government Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) released a draft of the standard on sustainability assurance, as well as a timeline for audits and ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... certainty and moves the world closer to global ISSB standards, said Deloitte Australia managing partner for audit and assurance Joanne Gorton. "Government and business need to continue to collaborate to capitalise on the growing demand for climate action ...